Bury (Bury)

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• Today: 12° / 7° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:29

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

161 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 8.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

475 food businesses within 2 miles

• 358 rated 4–5 ★ (300 top)
• 31 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bury, Bolton Street (2.5 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£243,107 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£969 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £686
• 2 bed £888
• 3 bed £1,065

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,283 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (3 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Park 66 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,802
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,496
• Net moves+306

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

92 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

84 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

208 CQC-registered services

• Care homes55
• GP practices36
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

207 applications decided

87.9% granted · 182 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Christian Wakeford

Labour

Bury South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,820 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

659 jobs advertised · £40,549 avg

e.g. Senior Electrical Manager, Maintenance Engineer - Part Time (3 Days), Welder / Fabricator / Sheet Metal Worker

Source: Adzuna

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 43% · Wind 32% · Gas 13% · Imports 11%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

26 GP surgeries · 18 pharmacies in BL9

• Pennine Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Townside Surgery
• Blackford House Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury South:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities604 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth250 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND187 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately111 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Pilsworth · 0.2 km

  Pilsworth is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically, it was a township and civil parish, but in 1894 it was divided between Bury, Heywood, and Unsworth.

• Hollins Brook · 1.1 km

  Hollins Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch. It originates in Unsworth and is one of the habitats that makes up Hollins Vale Nature Reserve.

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  Whittle Brook · 1.1 km

  Whittle Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch, classified as a main river. It originates in the outskirts of Middleton, and extends to Hollins Vale Nature Reserve in Unsworth,…

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  Pilot Mill, Bury · 1.2 km

  Pilot Mill, Bury is a four-storey cotton spinning mill in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1905 for the Pilot Spinning Co. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1939. The mill clo…

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  Gigg Lane · 1.4 km

  Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan. One of the world's oldest professio…

• Gigg, Greater Manchester · 1.5 km

  Gigg is a suburban area of Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)